{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2332297105","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","title":"South Africa\u2019s informal economy: Reframing debates in national policy","display_name":"South Africa\u2019s informal economy: Reframing debates in national policy","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2332297105","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","mag":"2332297105"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0269094215613505","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201731998","display_name":"Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit","issn_l":"0269-0942","issn":["0269-0942","1470-9325"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004109046","display_name":"Christian M. Rogerson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-8867","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1306-8867"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24027795","display_name":"University of Johannesburg","ror":"https://ror.org/04z6c2n17","country_code":"ZA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24027795"]}],"countries":["ZA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Christian M Rogerson","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24027795"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004109046"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24027795"],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":24.4806,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":53,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99429327,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"31","issue":"1-2","first_page":"172","last_page":"186"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14219","display_name":"Local Economic Development and Planning","score":0.9926999807357788,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14219","display_name":"Local Economic Development and Planning","score":0.9926999807357788,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3305","display_name":"Geography, Planning and Development"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11257","display_name":"Taxation and Compliance Studies","score":0.003700000001117587,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13762","display_name":"Education and Labor Relations","score":0.00139999995008111,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/informal-economy","display_name":"informal economy","score":0.9990000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/informal-economy-policy","display_name":"informal economy policy","score":0.6790000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/south-africa","display_name":"South Africa","score":0.7919999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/micro-small-and-medium-enterprises","display_name":"micro, small and medium enterprises","score":0.9150000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/immigrant-entrepreneurs","display_name":"immigrant entrepreneurs","score":0.6729999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regulatory-environment","display_name":"regulatory environment","score":0.7020000219345093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inclusive-development","display_name":"inclusive development","score":0.492000013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-development","display_name":"local development","score":0.5640000104904175}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C64089585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944235","display_name":"Informal sector","level":2,"score":0.7195337414741516},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187029079","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958679","display_name":"Cognitive reframing","level":2,"score":0.7120786905288696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.5197157859802246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4888884127140045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1370556","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81009","display_name":"Rhetoric","level":2,"score":0.4498785734176636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C109986646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546113","display_name":"Public policy","level":2,"score":0.44973838329315186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.4492640495300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106306483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183984","display_name":"Futures contract","level":2,"score":0.4321724474430084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781213906","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3395086","display_name":"National Policy","level":2,"score":0.41179677844047546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.408049613237381},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138921699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47555","display_name":"Political economy","level":1,"score":0.3277689516544342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.30417168140411377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106159729","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2294553","display_name":"Financial economics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0269094215613505","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215613505","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S201731998","display_name":"Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit","issn_l":"0269-0942","issn":["0269-0942","1470-9325"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-c","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:sae:loceco:v:31:y:2016:i:1-2:p:172-186","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269094215613505","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.9211000204086304,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"},{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.666700005531311,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":24,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W125951921","https://openalex.org/W410428212","https://openalex.org/W1535305091","https://openalex.org/W1969084746","https://openalex.org/W1996857875","https://openalex.org/W2037127805","https://openalex.org/W2044339982","https://openalex.org/W2049517302","https://openalex.org/W2056773599","https://openalex.org/W2061810273","https://openalex.org/W2083046457","https://openalex.org/W2103995150","https://openalex.org/W2109767255","https://openalex.org/W2111566732","https://openalex.org/W2129874640","https://openalex.org/W2135379787","https://openalex.org/W2153390154","https://openalex.org/W2161340810","https://openalex.org/W2170374345","https://openalex.org/W2761311293","https://openalex.org/W2889397970","https://openalex.org/W2964510282","https://openalex.org/W4235112264","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2115377343","https://openalex.org/W7211915310","https://openalex.org/W3163783624","https://openalex.org/W3087097703","https://openalex.org/W45895658","https://openalex.org/W4232090784","https://openalex.org/W7090719560","https://openalex.org/W2025694816","https://openalex.org/W4404618437","https://openalex.org/W7106702649"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"common":[1],"with":[2],"much":[3],"of":[4,38,61,69,110,117,121,128,179,190],"the":[5,8,15,33,43,50,64,82,106,118,129,140,183],"global":[6],"South,":[7],"policy":[9,41,78,100,131,151],"environment":[10],"in":[11,27,46,85,91,98,136],"South":[12,47,86,157,170],"Africa":[13,48,87,171],"surrounding":[14],"informal":[16,44,65,83,122,145,159,185],"economy":[17,45,66,84,186],"is":[18,30,55,96,103,152,172],"highly":[19],"significant":[20],"for":[21,63,80,143,156,196],"local":[22,144],"development":[23],"futures.":[24],"The":[25,124],"objective":[26],"this":[28],"paper":[29],"to":[31,114,138,162],"unravel":[32],"shifting":[34],"trajectories":[35],"and":[36,72,102,187],"reframing":[37],"national":[39,77,99,150,197],"government":[40],"towards":[42,166,182],"since":[49],"1994":[51],"democratic":[52],"transition.":[53],"It":[54],"disclosed":[56],"that,":[57],"notwithstanding":[58],"a":[59,76,153,177,188],"rhetoric":[60],"support":[62,111],"as":[67],"part":[68],"small,":[70],"medium":[71],"micro-enterprise":[73],"(SMME)":[74],"policy,":[75],"framework":[79,132],"supporting":[81],"was":[88],"initiated":[89],"only":[90],"2012.":[92],"A":[93],"pro-development":[94,154],"narrative":[95],"provided":[97],"documents":[101],"accompanied":[104],"by":[105],"progressive":[107],"roll":[108],"out":[109],"interventions":[112,191],"seeking":[113],"address":[115],"certain":[116],"key":[119],"challenges":[120],"entrepreneurs.":[123,146,168],"most":[125],"controversial":[126],"aspects":[127],"new":[130],"surround":[133],"initiatives":[134],"introduced":[135],"proposals":[137],"\u2018improve":[139],"regulatory":[141],"environment\u2019":[142],"What":[147],"exists":[148],"within":[149],"approach":[155],"African":[158],"entrepreneurs":[160],"linked":[161],"an":[163],"anti-developmental":[164],"agenda":[165],"migrant":[167],"Arguably,":[169],"far":[173],"from":[174],"having":[175],"established":[176],"set":[178],"inclusive":[180],"policies":[181],"country\u2019s":[184],"suite":[189],"that":[192],"acknowledge":[193],"its":[194],"contributions":[195],"economic":[198],"development.":[199]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}